WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, Upgrade to 2.1.2 — Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.

Good News, Bad News at GooTube — Lots of news today around YouTube's efforts to get big content providers under agreement to provide their stuff to YouTube. — First, the good news. The BBC has agreed to allow some of their content onto YouTube in exchange for a share of advertising revenue.

Best Buy Confirms It Has Secret Website — Under pressure from state investigators, Best Buy is now confirming my reporting that its stores have a secret intranet site that has been used to block some consumers from getting cheaper prices advertised on BestBuy.com.

Microsoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suit — update A week after Microsoft was ordered to hand over $1.5 billion in an Alcatel-Lucent MP3 patent dispute, a federal judge has ruled that the Windows maker did not violate a patent at the heart of a second trial that was set to begin soon.

Are blogs a 'parasitic' medium? — Could the blogosphere survive without the reporting provided by newspapers and TV networks? Online pros tackle the question. — Over the past months, I've heard several journalists make the same comment at various industry forums: That blogs are a …

Social Networking's Next Phase — Next week Cisco Systems, a Silicon Valley heavyweight, plans to announce one of its most unusual deals: it is buying the technology assets of Tribe.net, a mostly forgotten social networking site, according to people close to the companies' discussions.

Facebook Extends Lead As Fave Young Adult Site — Where did college students spend winter break? — If they're like the rest of 17-to-25-year-olds surveyed by Youth Trends, they likely spent part of that time on Facebook. — The social networking site topped the list of favorite sites …

Questioning Nintendo's Secondary Offering — The Good Doctor submits: On February 23, 2007 after the close of trading in Tokyo, the Nintendo Company (NTDOY.PK) announced that 1.987 million shares of its common stock held by Banks Shareholdings Purchase Corporation through Japan Trustee Services Bank …

The Minutes of Our Lives — Small, Private Moments — Get Live Blog Treatment; — Notes from a Funeral — If you hate newsy holiday letters, brace yourself for the live blog. — People are increasingly documenting the most mundane and private aspects of their lives and posting them the instant they happen.

Latest Leopard build from Apple suggests much work ahead — A new build of Apple's Leopard operating system released to developers this week introduces a handful of fresh features, but also carries with it a significant laundry list of impending issues that will need to be ironed out before any such public release is considered.

Microsoft Windows Live VP to resign — Blake Irving, a Corporate Vice President in Microsoft's Windows Live Platform group, is resigning his post, according to sources close to the company. — Irving, a 15-year Microsoft veteran, is in charge of the back-end Live platform — the datacenter …

Reuters to start financial MySpace — Reuters is planning to launch its own version of MySpace this year - though its community website will not be aimed at teenagers. Instead, fund managers, traders and analysts are being targeted. — Reuters hopes to draw from the 70,000 subscribers …